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Charles Peck Jr deposited Drive to Understand & Need for Meaning! – “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”- Leonardo Da Vinci – William James, Clifford Geertz, Roy Rappaport Albert Einstein, Lev Tolstoy – w Baumeister’s Paradigm w/ Order, Categorization, and Bargh So in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoGeertz, perhaps the most influential of the anthropologists, contends that symbolism and meaning are central to religion: “The view of man as a symbolizing, conceptualizing, meaning-seeking animal, which has become increasingly popular both in the social sciences and in philosophy over the past several years, opens up a whole new approach not o…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Enrique IV de Castilla en la poesía de cancionero: algún afán ignorado entre las mil congoxas conocidas in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoUno de los muchos manuscritos de la Crónica de Enrique IV de Enríquez
del Castillo,1 en concreto el que hoy reposa en la Biblioteca de El Escorial
(X.II.15), se abre con unos curiosos versos seguramente redactados por el
anónimo amanuense autor de esta copia, fechada en la primera mitad del
siglo XVI.2 El poemita, que creo es inédito (algo lóg…[Read more] -
Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited «Alta Reina esclareçida»: un cancionero ficticio para Isabel la Católica in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoNo descubro nada nuevo comenzando estas líneas aludiendo al sobradamente conocido carácter de mecenas cultural y de impulsora de grandes obras artísticas de Isabel la Católica , cuyos resultados son fáciles de detectar a lo largo de todo su reinado (1474-1504). Concretando este comentario general en lo que ha sido el núcleo de mi tesis docto…[Read more]
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Rodrigo Fernos deposited El Primer Congreso Científico Pan Americano, 1908 in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoSummary of the book “Science Still Born” (2001), presented at the XXIst International Congress of History of Science, Mexico City, Mexico, July 8-14, 2001. // Resumen del libro “Amistad y Progreso” (2001), presentado en el XXI Congreso Internacional de la Historia de la Ciencia, Ciudad de Mexico, 8-14 de julio del 2001.
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Censo de ejemplares de las ediciones del Cancionero general 2.0 in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoVersión actualizada de la anterior versión (2014) del censo de ejemplares del ‘Cancionero general’ de Hernando del Castillo, con la incorporación de seis copias más de las dos ediciones impresas en Amberes por Martín Nucio en los años 1557 y 1573.
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Luca Zenobi started the topic CfP: Listing the World before the Age of Print (IMC sessions, Leeds 2024) in the discussion
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoWe all have lists of things to do. We also have playlists, shopping lists and lists of pros and cons (not to mention lists of publications). Whether we make them on paper or with an app, lists are central to our lives. They help us make sense of the world around us, keep track of the order of things and sometimes create a whole new order…[Read more]
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Ana Dumitran deposited Vision de Varnava. Înțăleptului Varnava minunată arătare a vederii lui cu pildă tuturor in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoDu sage Varnava la merveilleuse apparition de sa vision avec exemple pour tous, cette traduction-recréation roumaine en vers du Dialogus du poète baroque hongrois Nyéki Vörös Mátyas, effectuée en Transylvanie en 1670, peut être considérée comme la première œuvre du pope Ioan de Vintz. Sur le plan européen, sa Vision de Varnava représente l…[Read more]
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Sarah Lowengard deposited On the Disappearance of the Animal Body in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoPart of a special issue “Making Animal Materials in Time” (HSNS 53, no. 3)
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Henning Ohst deposited Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity. Form, Tradition, and Context, hg. v. Berenice Verhelst u. Tine Scheijnen (2022), Plekos 25, 2023, S. 327–339 in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoThe volume under review is based on the premise that there is no real dialogue between Greek and Latin studies on the literature (and especially on the poetry) of Late Antiquity, at least not a dialogue as intense as with regard to the earlier, ‘classical’ literature. The reason for this is not least the problem that mutual dependencies between…[Read more]
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Nicholas S.M. Matheou deposited Methodological Imperialism in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoByzantinists have a tendency, implicitly or explicitly, to adopt the analytical perspective of the central state and its imperial class. We ask what helped the empire survive and/or expand, and we judge the success of a given ruler, official, or policy according to this criterion. I term this tendency methodological imperialism.
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Evolutionary Adaptive Traits: “religions, spirituality are… meaning systems.. acquired through social relationships + Neuroscience: “selectivity…. as a design feature” in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months ago1. Gergen argues that situations which human beings didn’t understand or deal with appropriately would inflict painful lessons – providing a conditioning or predisposition for learning. “In the Darwinian sense, the ability to conceptualize has survival value. To be more specific, concepts are valuable tools in problem solving.” (p.23) “In ess…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Juan Fernández de Heredia: renombrado poeta, popular deportista… ¿y criminal encubierto? in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoPese a su prestigio académico y a la importancia de su producción poética, el valenciano Juan Fernández de Heredia es un poeta cancioneril de cuya vida y obra todavía albergamos bastantes lagunas. Un factor que podría explicar esta situación es que sus poesías completas, editadas por Rafael Ferreres a mediados del siglo pasado, (Fernández de Hered…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited De la ‘fermosa judía’ a la bella conversa: la erótica de lo prohibido en las literaturas hispánicas del medievo y del temprano renacimiento in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoLa hipersexualización de personajes femeninos en la literatura de todos los tiempos responde a varios patrones culturales bastante determinados y convenientemente analizados por la teoría literaria, tanto la de rango más generalista (Dworkin 13-47) como la dedicada de forma específica a las literaturas hispánicas (García Velasco 292-307). En el…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Escitia y Escancia (o Escandia), el fabuloso pasado nórdico del neogoticismo cuatrocentista hispánico in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoEl artículo analiza el neogoticismo y su incidencia en la propaganda ideológica dispersa en la Edad Media hispánica desde los siglos IX al XV. Se estudia su apogeo en las crónicas medievales y su posterior desaparición, así como su recuperación entre los siglos XV y XVI de la mano de obras genealógicas y de cancioneros poéticos. Específi…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited La controversia judía y judeoconversa en los debates del Cancionero de Baena in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoLos debates literarios son prácticamente consustanciales e intrínsecos a la existencia de la literatura en cualquier lengua y en cualquier cultura, en tanto que «en último término, remiten a condicionamientos pragmáticos humanos» (Chas Aguión 2002 : 59). Por lo que respecta a su inserción en la cultura de la Edad Media hispánica, hay un aspecto i…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited A Sketch of Emotions: Goal striving, Directing attention & selectivity, meaning and making sense in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoThere is no doubt whatsoever that emotions are very important and highly significant in the processing of data and information, as well as in the day-to day functioning of the human being. Eric Klinger, whose expertise is in personality psychology and motivation theory, focuses on the influences of motivation and emotion on cognition. Klinger…[Read more]
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Monica H. Green deposited Shifting Paradigms in Black Death Chronologies in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThis blogpost summarizes findings presented at a talk at Erfurt University on 16 May 2023, in the series KFG “Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formation,” Global Exchange: Trade, Knowledge, and Religion. In this blogpost we present our key argument that rigorous correlation between archaeological, genomic, and documentary evidence dem…[Read more]
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Henning Ohst deposited Zeitschriftenschau Fachwissenschaft (Mnemosyne 75.6, 2022 u. Hermes 150.4, 2022), Forum Classicum 66, 2023, S. 62–68 in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoMore detailed Discussions on J. van Waarden: Leafing through Pliny with Sidonius. Sidon. Ep. 1.1, Plin. Ep. 1.1, 1.2, and 1.5, and Satire, Mnemosyne 75/6, 2022, 1021–1043 (62–64) and G. Wöhrle: Fragmente im
Überfluss. Zur Problematik eines philologischen Begriffs, Hermes 150/4, 2022, 385-404 (64–67). -
Mark Beumer deposited Hygieia. Identity, Cult and Reception in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThis article examines the Greek goddess Hygieia by looking at her identity, cult status in the ancient world and subsequent scholarly reception. Should she be viewed as a goddess or a personification? By studying Hygieia primarily as a concept of health within ancient medicine, as well as a personification and a goddess, it will be argued that…[Read more]
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Mark Beumer deposited A Woman’s Touch. Hygieia, Health and Incubation in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoIn this paper, I argue that Hygieia has to be viewed as a full goddess in Greek religion and medicine, with a special focus on her position within the Asklepios cult. I will examine her identity, to which scholars attribute several labels like goddess, abstraction and personification. I further argue that Hygieia’s role in performing incubation r…[Read more]
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